Bob Smith

• BIRTHPLACE Winnipeg, MB

• BORN September 1, 1917

• INDUCTED 2009

Bob Smith was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba on September 1, 1917. Smith began his coaching career in the 1940s at Morse Place, coached the Monarchs to a junior championship in 1944 and ’46. After moving to Elmwood, he took over organizing teams and coaches for the area. Smith coached Elmwood to a Little League Championship in 1953, and the same year he coached the Mid-Canada Representative team at the Little League Championship in Roseland, Illinois. He won provincial championships with Elmwood at multiple levels, including bantam (1952), midget (1952-54), juvenile (1955), and junior (1958, ’59, and ’61). Smith became a coaching legend in Elmwood, and was inducted into the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame in 1998. He was also previously inducted into the Manitoba Baseball Hall of Fame as part of the 1957-61 junior Elmwood Giants team. Smith is the father of former Giants coach Don Smith, and the grandfather of former Goldeyes player Donnie Smith.